"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [و‎‎٤‎٥] (٣١٠/٩٤)

Memorandum of information received during
the month oj October 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Persia.
[Non.—This memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it ia not always possible to guarantee*
PERSIA.
1. Tehran.—{Vide paragraph 30 of
Memorandum for September 1905.) On 2nd
October, Mr. Grant Duff telegraphed that M.
Naus was leaving that day for Constantinople,
where he would remain some months to nego
tiate a commercial treaty with Turkey. The
general opinion was that the real reason of his
departure was the renewal of agitation against
him. He stated that he had offered his
resignation to the Shah, who had refused to
accept it.
2. (Vide paragraph 3 of Memorandum
for September 1905.) The Shah and the Grand
Vizier returned to Tehran on the 7th October.
3. The Order of St. Andrew has been
conferred on the Valiahd by the Emperor
of Russia. This is the first time that this
decoration has been conferred on a Persian
heir-apparent.
4. The Zil-es-Sultan and his two sons,
Princes Bah ram and Akbar, were leaving on
the 27th October for Europe. They would first
proceed to Paris with the object of obtaining
medical advice, as their visit was unofficial.
A visit to England was not certain, as this
depended on the orders of the Shah.
5. It is understood from Tehran that His
Imperial Highness the Valiahd is desirous of
paying off his debt to tbe Russian BanK by a
fresh loan from the Imperial Bank, a course
which is certain to estrange him to some slight
extent from the Russians.
6. Sir A. Hardinge reports, under date
the 6th September, that Dr. Zolotagorof, the
Russian specialist, who was brought to Tabriz
by the Russian Bank last autumn to experi
ment on the bodies of the inhabitants with an
anti-cholera serum, is again at Tabriz, and is
giving medical attendance and medicine gratis
to any Persian "who chooses to ask for it.
7. Tabriz .—On the 21st August, His
Majesty’s Consul-General of Tabriz reported
that the work on the Russian road from Julfa
to Tabriz had been practically suspended,
owing chiefly to quarrels between the Chief
Engineer of the road and the Contractor who
had supplied the materials for its construction.